Topics

The work of mysterious British graffiti artist Banksy has made an appearance in the Gaza Strip. In a short film posted on his website, the popular street artist appears to have sneaked into Gaza through an underground tunnel from Egypt. The video combines footage from the Israeli-Hamas war last summer, with political commentary about the coastal strip's misery. Some of Banksy's work is seen as well, such as a drawing of a playful kitten, children swinging from what looks like a black watchtower and a Greek goddess cowering against a remaining concrete slab of a destroyed structure. The video ends with the following message on a wall in Gaza: "If we wash our hands of...

Related "Gaza Strip" Articles

The work of mysterious British graffiti artist Banksy has made an appearance in the Gaza Strip.
In a short film posted on his website, the popular street artist appears to have sneaked into Gaza through an underground tunnel from Egypt. The video...

This is in response to “Children suffer and die in Gaza. Who notices?” (Perspective, Jan. 29), by Najla Shawa. The children of Gaza are surely suffering. The suffering is, however, inflicted by Gaza’s choice of Hamas. Hamas is in reality an...

In her (commentary) "Children suffer and die in Gaza. Who Notices?" (Jan. 29), Najla Shawa (a humanitarian in Gaza) laments the destruction occurring in Gaza while the international community doesn't pay attention.
I disagree; the world did...

Northwestern University law professor Steven Lubet questions in his Jan. 29 op-ed whether the newly formed NU Divest group at our university respects Palestine or, as he implies, demonizes Israel. Sadly, though, it is Lubet himself who is engaging in...

In the Gaza Strip, the main daily activity of every family is to try to secure and maximize the use of energy. Even the lives of "privileged" families — those whose houses weren't damaged or destroyed in the recent war and who have some money to...

The fate of a 14-year-old Palestinian girl, tried before an Israeli military court for hurling rocks at passing cars in the West Bank and sentenced to two months in prison, has gripped Palestinians who say her treatment demonstrates Israel's excessive...

Is it possible that the Middle East has become so unstable that an Arab-Israeli peace deal is no longer unthinkable?
— Joe Klein, Time
A long line of U.S. presidents and their bone-weary secretaries of state have tried to broker a peace pact between...

Turning up the pressure on Israel, the Palestinians announced Wednesday that they are joining the International Criminal Court to pursue war-crimes charges against the Jewish state — a risky, high-stakes move that brought threats of retaliation from...

Islamic State: An offshoot of al-Qaida — first known as the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant and finally, the Islamic State — strung together military victories against Syrian government forces, Syrian rebel groups and Iraqi government forces...

Lake Street Church Welcomes JRC Rabbi Brant Rosen, Imam Abdul Malik Mujahid, Rev. Steve Van Kuiken, to Lead World Community Service October 5 At 10:30 a.m. Doors open at 10 a.m.
Evanston, Ill. - At a time of "horrific loss of life" in Gaza...

Two Palestinians armed with a meat cleaver and a gun killed five people in a Jerusalem synagogue on Tuesday before being shot dead by police, the deadliest such incident in six years in the holy city. Three of the victims held dual U.S.-Israeli...

Israeli elder statesman Shimon Peres, at age 91, could be forgiven if he were to throw up his hands in despair after decades of failure to broker peace between his countrymen and the Palestinians. Instead, the Nobel laureate chooses to remain optimistic....

This article contains language some readers might find offensive.
An anonymous U.S. official's reported description of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as a "chickenshit," or worthless coward, drew a sharp response on Wednesday from the...

Gaza remains in rubble, and so does the Israel-Palestinian peace process. The latest talks collapsed in April, though it feels longer ago given the summer of violence that came afterward.
Of all the world's flash points to consider, why even look at that...

Being recruited for a tenured faculty position at a major university is no small feat, nor should it be; tenure represents the pinnacle of an academic career. In my case, it involved numerous interviews with faculty in the American Indian studies...

Israel said on Thursday it had prevented local media from reporting that slain U.S. journalist Steven Sotloff was also an Israeli citizen, in a bid to reduce the risk to him after he was seized by Islamist insurgents in Syria last year. Islamic State, a...

The Israeli military has provided its most detailed assessment yet of the conduct and impact of the Gaza war, including photographs indicating that militants stored and fired rockets from schools and a breakdown of the toll inflicted on Hamas.In a...

A mortar bomb was fired into Israel from the Gaza Strip on Tuesday in the first such attack since an Aug. 26 truce halted a seven-week war in the Palestinian enclave, the Israeli military said.
There were no casualties or damage, a military spokeswoman...

URBANA -- The University of Illinois board of trustees voted Thursday not to hire controversial professor Steven Salaita, finalizing a decision that has created much backlash on campus and from academia nationwide.
The 8-1 decision came after top...

The new U.N. human rights chief urged world powers on Monday to protect women and minorities targeted by Islamic State militants in Iraq and Syria, saying the fighters were trying to create a "house of blood."
Jordan's Zeid Ra'ad al Hussein,...